How to Use a Beauty Filter in Discord, OBS, and Teams
Discord, OBS, and Microsoft Teams each let you pick a camera, but none of them include a real beauty filter. The fix is one virtual camera that handles beauty once and feeds all three. This guide covers the setup end to end on Windows and Mac using CiCi Cam.
Why the default setup falls short
Each app's “beauty” path is different
Discord has no native beauty filter. OBS has none either. Teams has background blur but no skin or lighting controls. Each app expects you to bring beauty from elsewhere.
Re-doing setup per app is brittle
Even when a per-app workaround exists, you have three independent setups that drift over time. Updates to any one of them break the others.
You want one preset, three apps
Your face shouldn't look different in Discord vs Teams vs an OBS stream. A virtual camera makes that consistency automatic.
How the setup works
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Install CiCi Cam once
Install on Windows or Mac. It registers a system virtual camera that Discord, OBS, and Teams will all see automatically.
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Use a beauty filter in Discord
Discord → User Settings (gear icon) → Voice & Video → Video Settings → Camera dropdown → select “CiCi Cam.” Discord's video preview will now use the enhanced feed.
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Use a beauty filter in OBS
OBS → Sources → Add → Video Capture Device → name it “Webcam” → Device dropdown → select “CiCi Cam.” The OBS scene now uses the enhanced feed; OBS keeps doing everything else (encoding, scenes) unchanged.
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Use a beauty filter in Microsoft Teams
Teams → Settings → Devices → Camera → select “CiCi Cam.” Teams meetings, calls, and Live Events will all use the enhanced feed.
See it in your workflow
Setup visuals and product previews
Frequently asked questions
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Install on Windows or Mac, build your preset, and use it in every video app.
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